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Most Influential 2015: Peter Ueberroth, Ginny Ueberroth
Age: Peter Ueberroth, 78, Ginny Ueberroth, 76 Job/Role: Entrepreneurs, philanthropists Bio: Peter Ueberroth graduated with a degree in business from San Jose State in 1959. He founded First Travel Corp. and later turned his attention to sports, organizing the 1984 Summer Olympics Games in Los Angeles and serving as Commissioner of Major League Baseball from … Read More
Concussion Crisis: The Race For A Solution
The new film “Concussion” delivers a shock to the system of everyone who follows the NFL and other collision oriented sports. When “Concussion,” starring Will Smith and directed by Peter Landsman, opens Christmas Day, it will jump start public awareness of the ticking time bomb and diagnosed health epidemic caused by athletic concussion. Awareness is … Read More
Phoenix Multisport, a gym for sober living, opens in Newport Beach after four years of planning
Josh Hamlin has seen two of his dreams derailed by drinking and drug abuse. A talented football player, the Huntington Beach resident said he had to drop out of college and end his career in the sport due to his addictions. A surfer from a young age as well, he traveled to some of the … Read More
Urgent care is a vital alternative to emergency rooms
Where do you take your child for care when she's got a fever and it's 7 on a Friday night? Five years ago, many people would go to a hospital's emergency room to care for fevers, coughs and colds. The wait times would be four hours or more. People with serious life-threatening conditions would be … Read More
Hoag Hospital recognized for safety, neurosurgery and spine programs
Hoag Hospital facilities in Newport Beach and Irvine recently got an “A” rating for safety from the Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that promotes health-care safety, quality and affordability. The selection was based on the results of Leapfrog's annual measure of hospitals' performance on patient safety and quality, according to a news release. “Hoag … Read More
Steinberg: Hoag Hospital to assess retired NFL players
The Hoag Hospital Neurosciences Institute has been selected by Cleveland Clinic as the West Coast location for the Brain and Body Program provided through the NFL Players Assn. Trust. This means that retired NFL players will be coming to the Newport Beach facility to get complete physical assessments and recommendations for treatment. “This is a … Read More
Top Workplaces: When the hospital is the workplace
When Dr. Wes Chandler accepted his first hospitalist job, caring exclusively for patients during their hospital stays, he was handed the on-call pager on a Saturday morning and left to plunge in. That experience helped inspire him to start Pacific Hospitalist Associates in 1997. The group, which employs 44 doctors – 38 of whom are … Read More
This year's flu shot appears highly effective
It works. It's more effective than last year's. And really it doesn't hurt that much. So if you're still on the fence about getting your flu shot, you've run out of excuses. The flu is one of the more-vexing viruses we deal with as physicians — a sometimes-fatal disease that is preventable with vaccines and … Read More
New mom? Don't be afraid to ask for help
During my pregnancy, “Congratulations” was nearly always followed by, “Get ready.” Sometimes a mom offered this wisdom as if she truly wanted me to emotionally prepare for the joy that becoming a mom would bring, which I later learned is impossible to prepare for. Most of the time, the advice felt more like a warning … Read More
Hoag Hospital Named in Top 50 for Cardiovascular Services
Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach has been named one of the nation's top 50 cardiovascular hospitals by Truven Health Analytics, a healthcare data firm. The hospital is one of two California medical centers to make the list. The list recognizes hospitals that outperformed their peers in inpatient and extended care, clinical process, efficiency and cost … Read More